BÌNH ĐỊNH — Five fishermen fell into the sea following a gas explosion on a fishing vessel off Bình Định Province, the provincial Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue has said.

One of the fishermen sustained serious burn injuries and another was missing.

Nguyễn Văn Sượt, 48, from central Bình Định Province’s Tam Quan Bắc Commune, has still not been found following the explosion that occurred at 5am yesterday morning.

Nguyễn Long, driver of the fishing vessel, was seriously burnt and hospitalised for treatment.